Company Refuses US Request to Recall Air Bag Inflators May 15, 2023 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — A Tennessee company could be heading for a legal battle with U.S. auto safety regulators after refusing...
Tesla Shouldn’t Call Driving System Autopilot, Buttigieg says May 12, 2023 By Tom Krisher and Hilary Powell WASHINGTON (AP) — Tesla shouldn’t be calling its partially automated driving system Autopilot because the cars can’t drive themselves, the...
Distraction, Speeding, Alcohol Drive Up 2021 Traffic Deaths April 4, 2023 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years with...
US Opens Investigation into Tesla Seat Belts Coming Loose March 29, 2023 DETROIT (AP) — U.S. highway safety regulators have opened yet another investigation into problems with Teslas, this time tied to...
Tesla that Hit Firetruck Was Using Automated Driving System March 9, 2023 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — A Tesla that crashed into a firetruck in California last month was operating on one of the...
Hyundai, Kia to Offer Software Upgrade to 8.3 Million U.S. Vehicles to Prevent Thefts February 14, 2023 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON —Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp. will offer a software upgrade to 8.3 million U.S. vehicles in response to increasing...
US Ends Probe into Ford SUV Exhaust Issues Without a Recall January 24, 2023 By Tom Krisher DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency has closed a more than six-year investigation into exhaust odors in...
Agency Study: Traffic Crashes Cost US Society $340 Billion in 2019 January 10, 2023 By David Shepardson U.S. auto safety regulators said Tuesday in a landmark report that motor vehicle crashes, which are rising fast, cost American...
Tesla Driver in Multi-Car Crash Told Police Self-Driving Software Malfunctioned December 22, 2022 WASHINGTON — The driver of a 2021 Tesla Model S involved in an eight-vehicle crash last month on San Francisco’s...
US Opens Safety Probe into GM Autonomous Driving System December 16, 2022 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON –– U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened a formal safety probe into the autonomous driving system...